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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 0648-0151	ICR Reference No: 202003-0648-013
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201702-0648-008
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Applications and Reporting Requirements for Incidental Taking of Marine Mammals by Specified Activities Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 04/19/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/19/2021
Terms of Clearance: OMB notes that burden estimate changes are attributable to the 0648-BB38 regulation, which establishes regulatory requirements for geophysical surveys in the Gulf of Mexico. OMB encourages the agency to update the burden estimates for the collection in future extension and revision requests based on experience implementing this program.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2021	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2021
Responses	359	0	93
Time Burden (Hours)	215,479	0	15,291
Cost Burden (Dollars)	388,438	0	100,626

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	359	93	266
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	215,479	15,291	200,188
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	388,438	100,626	287,812

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The total number of respondents is expected to increase as a result of the GOM proposed rule that is the basis for this revision request. The percentage of non-Federal applicants for regulations/Letters of Authorization is likely to increase as a result of the GOM proposed rule as all of those applicants would be non-Federal. For the change in number of respondents and responses due to the GOM proposed rule we estimate 95 new LOA applications, the low end of the annual estimate discussed in the proposed rule because the GOM rule is not expected to be finalized until late summer 2020 and this OMB Control Number expires less than a year later (June 30, 2021). Because there will be less than a year for respondents to carry out work under the GOM regulations before this OMB Control Number expires, we estimate no more than one-quarter of respondents (24) will complete work to the point of developing an annual report.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,405,655

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Dale Youngkin 301 427-8426